ABSTRACT
Abstract Scientific attention is currently focusing even more on the role of insects in the diet of traditional societies since insects are considered as a food rich in nutri tional value. It is therefore reasonable to infer that insects played an essential role in the diet of our ancestors, of crucial importance in satisfying specific physi ological requirements in the early stages of human evolution. Brain expansion in early Homo sp. required high-quality food and insects were a reliable alimen tary source accessible to women and children as well as men.
